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This year I have a lot of students who love to read short stories. This is new for me, as I haven’t had a lot of students who connected with this type of writing before. But they are clamoring for more short story collections and here are some of their favorites:

I love Gary Soto and I am thrilled that he is popular with my students this year. His most popular book right now is Facts of Life: Stories, a collection of short stories about a group of middle school students.

My animal lovers have been passing around Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant. Each of the twelve stories focuses on the interaction between a person and an animal. They are gorgeous and I love to use them as mentor texts, too!

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For short stories, check out David Lubar–any of his weenie books are great! They can be creepy AND funny. I love Guys Write (he is working on another one!!)–Odd Girl Speaks Out is a good one for girls.